She Lives without Regret in This Life

Gu Yunbo lowered her head and immediately saw the dress made of cotton fabric on her body. This fabric wrinkles easily, looking particularly unattractive, and there’s no such thing as an electric iron in rural areas.

But it’s comfortable and breathable in the summer.

This was her best piece of clothing, donated to her as a special welfare recipient in the earliest poverty alleviation campaign in the country.

Gu Yunbo curved her lips into a cold smile, her pale little face smiling eerily.

God truly doesn’t shortchange anyone; what’s lost will always be compensated in unexpected ways. When she was clearly already dead and had calmly accepted closing her eyes with regrets, she was actually given another chance to start over.

”Why are you not eating, little girl? If you don’t eat now, it’ll get cold.” A big aunt with a headscarf spoke heavily in a local dialect.

Gu Yunbo only understood the word ”eat”. She had been in M Country for more than ten years, and her Chinese was limited to standard Mandarin.

”Little girl?”

Gu Yunbo roughly guessed her meaning, nodding as she ate the food mouthful by mouthful, though she couldn’t really taste the flavors.

*****

In the past, the train’s slow speed was downright unimpressive; it took a bumpy two days and nights to arrive in the largest city in the Northern region. As she stepped out of the train station and saw the old city district and the plainly dressed crowd before her, Gu Yunbo’s mind was still in a daze.

”Yun Bo, I have to go to the leader’s house first, then I’ll take you home,” Ping Guo Fei, who had no vacations due to rescue work, had served as Chairman Meng’s assistant for fifteen years before being transferred last year to lead a team as a deputy leader.

”Okay!” Gu Yunbo nodded straightforwardly, following Ping Guo Fei to the compound by car.

She knew Ping Guo Fei was considered one of Meng Xingzhi’s trusted aides, and as an adopted child, she had no right to get involved. In her past life, she was so eager to perform that she didn’t know how many times others had sabotaged her behind her back.

However, she wasn’t afraid.

She wasn’t afraid in her past life, and she wouldn’t be afraid in this life.

Gu Yunbo stood at the entrance of the compound with her snakeskin bag, waiting a long time. She squatted on the ground, her fair skin and slim figure blending the innocence of a seventeen-year-old girl with an icy allure tempered by hardship.

The contrast of these two distinct qualities made her mesmerizing to behold.

”What’s wrong? Do you know her?” A puzzled voice sounded at the gate.

Gu Yunbo didn’t pay attention, keeping her head lowered.

”Don’t know her.” The responder’s voice was like a cello, deep and elegant, each word brushing gently across the heart like a feather.

Gu Yunbo suddenly lifted her head, her eyes sharp enough to slice through anything.

She looked at the crowd entering the compound, uniformly dressed, and although her ideal was not in sight, she knew he was among them.

At this moment, her mind, muddled for two days, suddenly cleared.

Finally, she felt the excitement and thrill of rebirth.

In this life, she didn’t have many regrets. After enduring countless hardships, she managed to accomplish most of what she wanted. For example, avenging her mother, causing Zhu Meihua’s family to fall apart, leaving them broken.

She initially thought she wouldn’t have regrets, and she never felt lonely being alone in M Country.

Until Sheng Ning arrived, bringing news of him.

He died in battle, he was sacrificed, he was plotted against by childhood brothers.

From then on, he became a shackle in her heart, unbearably painful yet unwilling to give up.

Gu Yunbo looked up at the sky, the scorching sunlight shining on her fair face, also illuminating her heart soaked with revenge and blood.

”Rebirth is wonderful,” she shouted happily, her face beaming with excitement,

Her rebirth wasn’t for vengeance, to change her fate, nor to gain power, wealth, or even love.

She only wanted to change one person’s fate, only wanted one person to survive.